História da alimentação no livro didático de história: Análise dessa relação em quatro coleções didáticas dos anos finais do ensino fundamental aprovadas na edição 2017 do PNLD

Abstract

History of the Final Years of Elementary School (6th to 9th Year), approved in the 2017 edition of the National Textbook Program (PNLD), requested and used by school teachers was carried out. public institutions in Brazil during the 2017/2018/2019 triennium. The study consisted of verifying how the foods were represented in the narratives present in the selected didactic works and thoroughly analyzed. That refer to the following History collections: (i) “History, Society & Citizenship” by the author Alfredo Boulos Júnior; (ii) “Projeto Araribá – História” by author Maria Raquel Apolinário; (iii) “Will to Know – History” by authors Adriana Dias, Keila Grinberg and Marco Pellegrini; (iv) “Studying History: From the origins of man to the digital age” by Patrícia Ramos Braick. The volumes referring to the first three sets of Didactic Books (total of twelve volumes) were made available virtually by the PNLD Memorial of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. While those related to the last set (total of four volumes) were provided by a municipal school in the city of Barreiros – Pernambuco, obtained after request. This research incorporates the History of Food and is in line with studies on the History of Food. Regarding the objectives, if Exploratory Research was carried out, the methodological procedures adopted involved Bibliographic and Documentary Research. Through the consultation of virtual and physical productions, as well as a Qualitative approach and use of bibliography, theoretical choices such as Bittencourt (2008), Certeau (1996), Chervel (1990) and Ramos (2012). At the end of the verification, it was identified that food is very represented in the narratives included in the analyzed works, due to the fact that all collections present information about food and / or food. In some moments the representation happens through explanatory explanations, however, most of the time it happens through fast and very superficial exposures. There is a connection between food and social, cultural, economic, religious and political aspects, as well as a great use of images related to the History of Food and many activities that aim to fix the reports passed on in the sections of the volumes.